I leave work a bit early to try to beat the impending storm and to see what dubya has to say. It rains hard in Boulder, traffic's a bit slow up to Ned, but we only have 4" on the ground. I laugh at the forecasts calling for 3-8' of snow over the next two days. I tell Marketa that perhaps I should move my car down to the bottom of the driveway, but then the wind picks up and I stay inside, figuring I won't have any trouble getting it down in the morning.
Day 1.
I spend an hour shoveling snow and inching my car down to the bottom of the driveway. The road hasn't been plowed yet, so I'm not going anywhere.
The snow isn't anything Nala hasn't seen before.
A little too much snow for the Subaru.
I hit a deep spot that stops me in my tracks.
Kim rips it up on her snowboard.
More rippin.
And more.
One last view of Nala's doghouse before it's buried.
One last view of the patio table.
The deck railing starts to disappear.
The deck railing is still visible. The patio table is not.
The power's out, but the snow keeps piling up (3 and 1/2 feet now). The phone still works and Excel estimates it'll be 48 hours before the power's back on.
One last view of the deck railing.
One last view of the fence.
Nala tries to sniff out her bone.
The snow monster grows some teeth.
Nala starts treading snow.
She's ready to get back inside.
It's gonna be a while before the Peak to Peak Hwy is opened.
A slough slide triggered by snow falling off the pine tree.
The snow monster perches on the roof, waiting for a victim.
The subaru's buried again, one day later.
Still no plow, but I've got power, so I can at least work from home. I measure 46" outside. A neighbor, who's a weather buff says we actually got 73" of non-compacted snow, with 5.5" of moisture.
Nala does her share to remove the snow.
That's a lot of snow.
46".
Nala gets an escape route.
More gleaming teeth, ready to pounce.
The new deck extension passes its stress test.
I had just cleared this yesterday!
Now all we need is some drifting.
The squirrels won't even have to jump.
Nala enjoys her new view.
The only mode of transportation for now.
I finally make it out of the house. Driving down to Boulder never felt so good. I make it in to work and pick up Marketa at the airport. Nala rides with me because she can walk across the fence as she pleases.
I con Marketa in to helping me shovel a trench inside the perimeter of the fence. She feels the pain of shoveling 4' of snow.
We dig a moat to keep Nala contained.
The moat doesn't contain the beast. Nala can still jump the fence. I spend the next week shoveling more snow and bringing Nala down to Boulder with me.
Nala's still escaping. I shovel even more snow, add some reinforcement to the fence, and give Nala meat bones in attempt to convince her to stay in. It's finally warming up, and the snow's starting to melt.
I get a call from my neigbhor that Nala's been out romping around with the neighborhood dogs. She's sitting inside by the time I get home as though nothing happened. Rob blew her cover.
I wire up another 18" to the fence. Nala's Houdini days are over. It sure was a pain hauling all the new fencing up the driveway.
After a couple more hours of shoveling, I can finally drive my car all the way up the driveway! I've had enough snow for the season and I'm really looking forward to summer now.